The guy making the final decision is Jerry Buss's son. He is trying to establish himself as a GM and bringing back Phil would be admitting that he can't do it. Plus who knows if Phil really wants to come back, he was legitimately tired of the grind of being a head coach.

How do you think Kobe is going to react and how do you think the fans are going to react if it is not Phil?

Well right now it's his job to lose. They need to do what they can to keep Kobe happy and make sure Howard wants to resign with the team. It's looking like he will come back as well as there are reports he is asking people if they would be interested in joining him._________________
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Dwight and Gasol both would work well with the pick and rolls. D'Antoni needs to make sure that the ball is in Nash's hands more on offense. He is so good at setting people up, that they all just need to understand that he we put them in a good position to score._________________
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Bring in a guy who ignores defense and plays an up tempo pick n roll game based around a big and a point guard.

Kobe being left out in the cold. He is not going to like not having the offense run via him.

Never in his career has he had to work with a point guard of Nash's calibur. Kobe is going to have to be more of a get open off the ball, catch and shoot type guy. I'm sure as long as they are winning, he won't be too upset. Definitely a change though._________________
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